Drip-pan.



N0. 864,556! PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907. E. c. REITER. DRIP PAN.

EDWARD CHARLES REITER-OF ROCKVILLE, CONNEGTICUI.

DBIP-IAN'.

Specification ot Letizeis Patent. r

P.tm ented Aug. 27, 1907.

. w Applicltibn filex i Harch 22, 190 6. Srial N0. 807,376. V

T0 all 'whom it mag cbncem:

Be it known thatI, EDWRD CHARLES REITER, a citizen of the nited Stb.tes, 'residi1fg at Rock ville, in the couniay of Tollaii1d and State 0f Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dripfans, of which the followifig is a. specification.

My invention relates U0 inipfovements in drip pans,

connection With pa.int buckets.

- and refers to a device particula.rl y ada.pied for i1se in The main object of the invention, i s the proVision of a. device which benttached to an ordinary b uriket or receptacle and will catch the drip or waste irom the bucket, will save such overflow, und will protect the objecfi 1 1pon wliich the 1eceptacle is resting.

Other olpjacts of the inve ntion are 'to piavide adevice for protecting the bottoms of cooking utensils, and 130 -provide a convenient megms for handling iheBaid 7 utensil. 7 With these and o'ther objects in vieW, my inve htion consists of a. drip pan having upturned flanges qr edges,

fand adjustable xneans calrried by the flange adapte i to engage the walls of the receptacle.

My inventin further consits of.a drip pa.n embodying certain other riovel featu'res of donstruction a.nd comb 'ina.tion gf arts anbstantially an herein disclosed.

Figure l, is a Perspective view of my'imprqved glrip pan a.s applied to an ordinai*y paint bucket. Fig. 2, is

a centr.l sectional vieiav thro1igh the pa.n and bucket.

Fig. 3, is a detail view of a modified forni 0f the invention, shdvying me'ans for adjusting the tensioh of the -clzmping springe. Fig. 4, is a detsiil view 011a brush holding attachment tothe pan. 5, is a sectional view of a modified form oi pan attaching means.

In the drwings: the humeral l, designates the pa.n

prper, whi ch is of convenient size, and is formed with 1 the upturned edges mfianges 2. At donvnient points in the circumference, springe 3 are securegl to' the flange by m ims of ri vts 4, 01 other s uitnblg fasteningis. Thesesprings are bent inwazfdli-aird arg forn 1ed on the ende with outward-flamin lips 5, adapced v'00 engage the alls-cf the rgceptacle /tp secure the pan thereto. A handle 6, is also s ecur@dto the flangge and serves for li.fting and transpor'ting the pan and rece zptacle.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 3,

a Set screv w7 is mounted'in the flange and engages the clampin'g spring, o'that the tension of the spring may be regulated adesired. Y

' in the modification shown in Fig. 5, the use oi the springsis done away with, and set screws 8, are substituted therefor, so that buckets or receptales of varying diameters may be accofnriiodated in the pan.

. From this desdription taken in connection with the drawings, it will be obvious tha.t I have accomplished all the objects herein set iorth, and have provided a practical and eflic'ieht hrticle for thgpurposes named, which fills a long-felt want.

- In Fig.-4 I have nhoWn a brush holding atta'chment which may be applied 110 the an, and consisbs of a spring strip or anti 9, which is secured upon one of theclamping springe, and with said spring, forme apair of jaws t0 clasp the brush.

I claim:

1. A drip pan having upturniad il.'llll llfll' 'edg es, a handle secnred to the outer -W8.11S of the pan, cloimping sbring s secured to thg inner upright Walls of the pan; said springs bging bent inwardly to engage a vessel, the free ends 015 the springs being flared, outyva'rdly, anti adjusting screws' mounted in the walls 013 the pan to engagq the springs ;and regulate the tensiqn thereof.

2. The combination wlth a drip pan sind inwardlydirected cla.mping springs carried thereby, of an additional spring clip secured h one of the springs, said clip being 0f curved tornmation to form in comblnation with the spring, a palx ot spring jaws adapted to hold a brush therebetween.

In testiinony whereof I aflix my sigi1ature in presnce of twb witnesses.

l L EDWARD CHARLES REITER.

Witness'es LYMAN T."J.memx,

W. A. Hownnn. 

